Keywords
Procalcitonin
Renal Transplant
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Abstract
Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) could be useful for evaluation of the renal allograft (RG) in the immediate post-transplant since its levels increase after elevation of the inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-?) during events of renal failure.
Purpose: Our objective was to determine the association of serum PCT with the function of the RG in the immediate post-transplant.
Methodology: A retrospective cohort from September 2018- April 2019 in the National Western Medical Center of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), was performed. Sixty-two recipients of living donor (LD) and deceased donor (DD) renal transplant (RT) with PCT evaluation in the first seven days of RT were included; and, events of early renal allograft failure (EAF) were recorded and compared to patients no EAF (nEAF).
Results: The recipients with EAF presented with higher PCT levels (13.90, 3.90, 1.22 ng/mL) compared to the nEAF group (0.32, 0.31, and 0.22 ng/ml) on days 1, 3, and 5, respectively (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: The PCT is a biological marker associated with EAF in the immediate post-transplant.
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